History Today

R.V. Sampson charts the philosophical battles that the philosophes fought to publish their Enlightenment masterwork of human knowledge.

D.C. Somervell profiles the predominant figure in British politics during the interwar years.

Quentin Bell delves into the disputed genealogy of Monaco's premier family.

J.D. Hargreaves reviews the delicate truce that existed between Britain and Japan in the early years of the twentieth century.

J.H. Plumb documents the repeated attempts by British explorers and abolitionists to open West Africa for the Empire.

Charles Seltman

J.D. Hargreaves on the turn-of-the-century visit of Russia's Nicholas II to France and its wider diplomatic ramifications.

Gerald Cobb explores secrets of the capital's ecclesiastical architecture.

Adrian Brunel profiles the influential revolutionary pamphleteer and political philosopher.

James Joll introduces the career of an extraordinary German historian and patriot.